deep woods goat hunter
PMA Member
Last week my old man closed on 55 acres of mostly tillable ground adjacent to his Duck Farm. I checked it out with him and i saw a good opportunity for a deer nest project. On the east side of the farm is a long skinny ditch that winds around across the river bottom, draining several thousand acres of rowcrop. On the section of ditch there is a really nice south facing slope with some hardwoods leading down to the flat bottom adjacent to the “creek”. In the bottom there are a bunch of willows and other softwoods that have canopied out any undergrowth.
Dad asked if i thought I could kill a deer there. I said “Ya, but you have to cut me loose with a chainsaw in there to make better cover in hopes of getting them to stage up in one of only a few 5-6 acre areas of cover in the entire bottom.
Sunday i burned 5-6 tanks out of the O21 and let some serious sunlight hit the ground on about 1/3 of the ditch. Hopefully this will encourage more deer to stage in there.
Now if i can only talk Pops into leaving a couple acres of soybeans we will be in business
Yes, I know I should be wearing my chaps
Dad asked if i thought I could kill a deer there. I said “Ya, but you have to cut me loose with a chainsaw in there to make better cover in hopes of getting them to stage up in one of only a few 5-6 acre areas of cover in the entire bottom.
Sunday i burned 5-6 tanks out of the O21 and let some serious sunlight hit the ground on about 1/3 of the ditch. Hopefully this will encourage more deer to stage in there.
Now if i can only talk Pops into leaving a couple acres of soybeans we will be in business